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Numbers 25:5

BaalMoses
Judgment

3 So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

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BSB
So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
KJV
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
WEB
Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.”
ASV
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.
DARBY
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.
BLB
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each man must kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
ÅB
Og Moses sa til Israels dommere: Hver av dere skal slå ihjel dem av sine folk som har holdt seg til Ba'al-Peor!
OTB
Da sa Moses til dommerne i Israel: "Hver av dere må drepe de av deres menn som har alliert seg med Baal-Peor."
B1930
Og Moses sa til Israels dommere: Hver av eder skal slå ihjel dem av sine folk som har holdt sig til Ba'al-Peor!

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:40

    Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

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  • Exodus 18:21

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:15

    you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.

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  • Exodus 32:27–28

    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

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  • Deuteronomy 13:9

    Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

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  • Deuteronomy 13:13

    that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),

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  • Exodus 22:20

    If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:3–5

    and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

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